hey guys

i have a toshiba laptop which is pretty top spec, bought about 8-9 months ago...

now this thing apparently has a dual boot system, where i can boot into a "toshiba media centre" sorta thing, to play DVD movies, without actually booting into windows...

does anyone know how to boot into the "toshiba media centre" or whatever its called...

thanks guys...



- mad89

http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/Con...o-Player-EN.pdf

???

yeh..i didn't know if it was a qosmio either.

that's the only media centre type one i found when i googled it1

nup its not a qosmio

its a satellite m40 k009

same as this one in the link:
http://www.vorb.org.nz/ftopicp-444616.html

it definately has this 2nd boot thing. i dunno how to do it tho...

any other suggestions?

- mad89

i think i found it...

"The M40's other clever bit of hardware trickery sits below the unit's large blue power button (which itself glows a comforting orange when suspended), and that's the express media player. By holding the express media button down instead of the power button, you'll bypass the Windows XP Pro SP2 install, and instead run a dedicated DVD/CD media player quickly and efficiently. It's a nice step if you just want a quick bit of DVD playback -- on a plane, for example -- although it's worth bearing in mind that as it's almost entirely optical-disc based, you'll burn a fair bit of power this way."

from here:
http://www.cnet.com.au/laptops/laptops/0,3...40053740,00.htm

ill try it soon and let yas no... mine isnt exactly the same as that one, as the specs are higher, but it looks the same...



- mad89

Boot to Multimedia only. That would be an interesting technology to incorporate into a CarPC.

yep that method works...

boots into "express media player"

its awesome!!!



thanks for the help guys...

- mad89